DNA extraction and molecular analysis of non-tumoral liver, spleen, and brain from autopsy samples: The effect of formalin fixation and paraffin embedding

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 208, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 584-591

  Funabashi, Karina Silva ^a   Barcelos, Denise ^a   Visoná, Iria ^a   e Silva, Marcelo Souza ^a   e Sousa, Maria Luiza Almeida Prado Oliveira ^a,b   de Franco, Marcello Fabiano ^a   Iwamura, Edna Sadayo Miazato ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Laboratorio de Biologia e Bioquímica Instituto de Criminalistica de São Paulo   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Formalin fixed; Molecular pathology; Paraffin embedded; PCR; STR

Indexed keywords

AMELOGENIN; BETA ACTIN; CHLOROFORM; FORMALDEHYDE; PARAFFIN; PHENOL;

AMELOGENIN GENE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BETA ACTIN GENE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MOLECULAR MODEL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX DETERMINATION; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; TISSUE SECTION;

ACTINS; AMELOGENIN; AUTOPSY; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; DNA; FEMALE; FIXATIVES; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; FORMALDEHYDE; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX DETERMINATION ANALYSIS; SPLEEN; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 84867627901     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: 16180631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2012.07.001     Document Type: Article

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